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Race, Reform, and Regulation of the Electoral Process

Race, Reform, and Regulation of the Electoral Process Recurring Puzzles in American Democracy

Author: Guy-Uriel E. Charles; Heather K. Gerken; Michael S. Kang
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9781107662735
Published In: July 2012
Format: Paperback , 312 pages
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This book offers a critical re-evaluation of three fundamental and interlocking themes in American democracy: the relationship between race and politics, the performance and reform of election systems and the role of courts in regulating the political process. This edited volume features contributions from some of the leading voices in election law and social science. The authors address the recurring questions for American democracy and identify new challenges for the twenty-first century. They not only consider where current policy and scholarship are headed, but also suggest where they ought to go over the next two decades. The book thus provides intellectual guideposts for future scholarship and policy making in American democracy.

• Charts the future of election scholarship and policy

• Includes the leading voices in the field from law and political science

• Offers a critical re-evaluation of three fundamental and interlocking themes in American democracy: the relationship between race and politics, the performance and reform of election systems and the role of courts in regulating the political process

Figures	ix
Tables	xi
Contributors	xiii
Preface	xv
Introduction: The Future of Elections Scholarship Guy-Uriel E. Charles, Heather K. Gerken, and Michael S. Kang	1
Part I. Race and Politics
1 Voting Rights: The Next Generation Richard L. Pildes	17
2 The Reconstruction of Voting Rights Pamela S. Karlan	34
3 Explaining Perceptions of Competitive Threat in a Multiracial Context Vincent L. Hutchings, Cara Wong, James Jackson, and Ronald E. Brown	52
Part II. Courts and the Regulation of the Electoral Process
4 The Institutional Turn in Election Law Scholarship Heather K. Gerken and Michael S. Kang	86
5 Judges as Political Regulators: Evidence and Options for Institutional Change Richard L. Hasen	101
6 Empirical Legitimacy and Election Law Christopher S. Elmendorf	117
7 Judging Democracy's Boundaries Samuel Issacharoff	150
Part III. Election Performance and Reform
8 New Directions in the Study of Voter Mobilization: Combining Psychology and Field Experimentation Alan S. Gerber	179
9 Popular Election Monitoring: How Technology Can Enable Citizen Participation in Election Administration Archon Fung	192
10 Democracy in the United States, 2020 and Beyond: How Can Scholarly Research Shape a Vision and Help Realize It? Edward B. Foley	209
11 Partisanship, Public Opinion, and Redistricting Joshua Fougere, Stephen Ansolabehere, and Nathaniel Persily	227
Part IV. Conclusion
12 More or Less: Searching for Regulatory Balance Bruce E. Cain	263
Index	287